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Foreword

Chaesub Lee

Director
ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau

The ITU Kaleidoscope academic conference has gained a reputation for providing an in-depth
discussion on matters relevant to the ITU membership. This year, in collaboration with the World
Health Organization (WHO), Kaleidoscope 2019: ICT for Health: Networks, standards and
innovation provided a forward-looking perspective on the future developments for better healthcare
delivery.

Kaleidoscope is ITU’s flagship academic event. Now in its eleventh edition, the conference supports
productive dialogue between academics and standardization experts. I wish to thank the Georgia
Institute of Technology for stimulating this dialogue and providing the space for such engagement in
the hosting of Kaleidoscope 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

The research presented at this conference focused on how information and communication
technologies (ICTs) are set to further revolutionize the heath sector, looking into the technical aspects
such as digital health strategies, smart technologies and access networks for healthcare, as well as
issues of safety, security and data protection. The various sessions, including the special panel
designed by the WHO Department of Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health, highlighted
how we can use ICT developments to ensure that the goal towards universal, quality health coverage
is achieved. These discussions also aided in the understanding of how ITU’s work on standardization
can advance the digitization of the health sector.

I would like to express my great appreciation to the Kaleidoscope community and the larger ITU
Academia membership for their enduring support to this series of conferences. With over
160 academic and research institutes now members of ITU, the Kaleidoscope series is certain to
continue growing in strength.

My sincerest thanks go to WHO for collaborating with us on Kaleidoscope 2019, to our host, the
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia; our technical co-sponsors, the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the IEEE Communications Society and The Lancet
Digital Health. I would also like to thank our academic partners and longstanding ITU members,
Waseda University, the Institute of Image Electronics Engineers of Japan (I.I.E.E.J.), the Institute of
Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) of Japan, the Chair of
Communication and Distributed Systems at RWTH Aachen University, the European Academy for
Standardization (EURAS), and the University of the Basque Country.

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